12-letter words containing s, c, r, o, l, i
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
- special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
- spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- spin control — Slang. an attempt to give a bias to news coverage, especially of a political candidate or event.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.